Today in Bangkok, ONE Championship delivered a healthy dose of MMA and Muay Thai with the 15th installment of their ‘Friday Fights‘ series.
The event closed out another solid month of events for ONE, and has left the combat sports community craving more. Thankfully, ONE Championship has quite the month planned for November as well, beginning with ONE Fight Night 15: Haggerty vs. Andrade, which will go down next Friday on Amazon Prime Video.
In today’s 145-pound Muay Thai Main event, Russian striker Ilyas Musaev defeated Thailand’s Otop Or Kwanmuang with a first round knockout.
In the opening stanza of the fight, Musaev delivered a beautifully timed spinning back elbow after countering Otop’s attempt to close the distance with a strike of his own. The elbow landed well, and dropped Otop to the canvas.
Ilyas Musaev styles on Otop to close the show with a first-round KO! 🏆#ONEFridayFights38 pic.twitter.com/FN0QGXzxqF
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) October 27, 2023
Shortly thereafter, Musaev used striking in volume to pressure his opponent into the corner, before landing a picturesque right hook to conclude the evening.
One Friday Fights 38 Full Event Replay:
ONE Friday Fights 38 Full Card Results:
- Ilyas Musaev def. Otop Or Kwanmuang via KO (Right Hook) – Round 1, 2:59
- Chorfah Tor Sangtiennoi def. Pompet PK Saenchai via Decision (Unanimous)
- Singdomthong Nokjeanladkrabang def. Stephen Irvine via Decision (Majority)
- Puengluang Baanramba def. Sonrak Fairtex via KO (Right Hook) – Round 2, 3:17
- Petgarfield Jitmuangnon def. Numpangna Eaglemuaythai via Decision (Unanimous)
- Yodsingdam Keatkhamtorn def. Chalawan Ngorbangkapi via KO (Three KD Rule) – Round 3, 1:43
- Mavlud Tupiev def. Yodphupa Wimanair via Decision (Majority)
- Katsuki Kitano def. Halil Kutukcu via Decision (Unanimous)
- Lenny Blasi def. Nonthakit Tor Morsri via KO (Left Hook To Body) – Round 3, 0:55
- Mark Abelardo def. Georgy Shahruramazanov via TKO (Left Hook & Ground Strikes) – Round 2, 4:43
- Fritz Aldin Biagtan def. Deepak Bhardwaj via TKO (Knees and Punches) – Round 1, 1:13